Google MapsTwo men are charged with stealing materials from the garage door company where they worked to allegedly do private installation jobs on the side, Hillside police said.

HILLSIDE — Two men were arrested Thursday on charges of stealing materials from the garage door company where they worked to allegedly do private installation jobs on the side, Hillside police said.

Carley H. DeOliveira, 49, of Union and Raul Tapia, 41, of Elizabeth were arrested Thursday after approximately $6,000 in stolen building materials related to garage door installation was recovered from their homes.

New Jersey Door Works, a garage door company based in Hillside which employed the men, reported the suspicion that the two had been stealing materials over the past several months. Det. Jamie Howell of the Hillside Police Department investigated GPS logs which revealed that DeOliveira and Tapia had made several trips to their homes in the work trucks, police said. They have since been fired, police said.

After obtaining a search warrant, detectives searched the two men's homes and found the materials which they suspect the men were using to do private work during their off-hours.

Both men were charged in Hillside with theft and released on a summons. They were also charged with receiving stolen property in Elizabeth and Union where they stored the stolen materials.